Abrams v. Gresham

A petition was presented under F.A.R. 3.16(c), 31 F.S.A., to review a judgment for costs. The petitioner had filed an action at law. The case came on for trial before a jury. A verdict was directed for defendants, and plaintiff appealed. As required by F.A.R. 3.2(f), prior to talcing the appeal plaintiff paid a cost judgment which had been entered by the trial court. We reversed the judgment entered on the directed verdict, and remanded the cause for a new trial (Abrams v. Gresham, Fla. App.1961, 131 So.2d 207). The plaintiff-appellant moved in the trial court to have the appellate costs…